[ubuntu-uk] How old is your computer?

[Liam Proven]

On 4 December 2014 at 16:43, Alan Jenkins <alan.james.jenkins at gmail.com> wrote:
> For me its a 3 year old computer. The older one I had (6 years old), died
> not too long ago due to hardware failure. Neither of those computers would
> have ever struggled running Linux or any non heavy gaming / rendering
> software.
>
> Before my fathers computer's hard disk died that was also about 8 years old
> and running Linux as he found it easier to use than Windows (he was never
> taught to use a computer so with him starting with a blank slate he actually
> found Gnome 2 easier to use than Windows). On top of that, before he was
> using Windows and I could not keep that free of Malware that he was
> routinely downloading by accident. The computer was not running fast as such
> but was running faster than it was under Windows with one exception. The
> graphics card ran slower and rendering of web pages took longer. It was an
> old PCI card from some obscure manufacturer (don't remember what it was).


Blimey. I don't think I own one that young!

My main machines are a 2007 Toshiba Satellite Pro and a 2nd-hand IBM
Thinkpad X201S. Both are Core 2 Duo machines and around the same age
-- the Thinkpad might be a bit younger.


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